Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1499: Kumārasambhavalaghuṭīlā sarga 8
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Title from internal colophon (f. 6r).
Written in 13 lines per leaf.
13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left verso, and foliated 168-180, lower right verso.
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with double black line; written in a script usually seen in Jain works.
Dated saṃvat 1668 (1611) (f. 13v).
3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206.
University of Pennsylvania
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1499
9964457713503681
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/913787029
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6445771
Manuscript is a commentary on the eighth part (sarga) of Kālidāsa's poem about the birth of the Hindu deity Skanda (Kārttikeya). Originally part of a larger work.
In Sanskrit
Kumārasambhavalaghuṭīlā sarga 8
कुमारसम्भवलघुटीका सर्ग ८
Vallabhadeva, active 10th century
Colophon: iti śrī ā[nanda]devātmajavallabhādevaviracitāyāṃ kumārasaṃbhavalaghuṭīkāyāṃ [??]tasārāy[ā]ṃ [ā]ṣṭamasarga / samāptaḥ // 8 // (f. 13v).
paper
1 item (13 leaves) : 10 x 23 cm
Hindu mythology--Early works to 1800
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800
Commentaries
Poems
Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
Manuscripts--India--17th century